However, Ralph Hone's upbringing was far removed from that of his forebears.
18 Facts About Ralph Hone
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Ralph Hone then joined the Inns of Court Regiment and was commissioned in July 1915 in the London Irish Rifles.
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Ralph Hone served in the Notre Dame de Lorette sector and then at Vimy Ridge.
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Ralph Hone was promoted to lieutenant on 14 April 1917, and to acting captain on 14 January 1918.
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Ralph Hone's company halted the German's first infantry assault, capturing 25 German prisoners.
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Ralph Hone was awarded the Military Cross for his actions when the Germans attempted to enfilade the British lines, becoming severely wounded in the process.
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Ralph Hone led his men with skill and courage and drove out a party of the enemy who had penetrated into his trench.
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Ralph Hone was repatriated to England, and by the end of the war had been promoted to a captain.
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In 1920, Ralph Hone left the army and joined the colonial service in Uganda.
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Ralph Hone trained as a barrister and on his first long leave was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1924, during which time he aided in the prosecution of Patrick Mahon, the perpetrator of the Crumbles murders.
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Ralph Hone was made commandant of the Uganda Defence Force following the outbreak of the Second World War.
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Ralph Hone married again in 1945, and had a son by his second wife Sybil.
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Ralph Hone was awarded the Knight Commander of the KBE in 1946.
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Ralph Hone served as Secretary-General to the Governor-General of Malaya for two years from 1946, followed by Deputy Commissioner-General in south-east Asia from 1948 to 1949, and in 1949 he was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of North Borneo.
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Ralph Hone was considered a great success as Governor of North Borneo, encouraging the country's recovery from the ravages of the Japanese occupation and expanding the colony's export trades.
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Ralph Hone was head of the legal division of the Commonwealth Relations Office from 1954 to 1961, when he retired from the civil service, and resumed practice at the bar.
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Ralph Hone was Bailiff Grand Cross of the Venerable Order of St John.
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An archive of Ralph Hone's papers dating from 1937 to 1972 has been deposited at the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, part of the University of Oxford.